that will be something president obama will be dealing with over the next two years in office. he will be faced with states where republicans have a lot of power. this is not new in the last election but it has been going on for a decade. republican legislators become more republican and democratic legislators become more democratic. there is very little -- there's very little capacity to limit what the majority does. two significant extent it is up to the majority party to decide what happens in state policy this year. host: here is a map looking at gubernatorial make up across the country. you can see republican seats in the red and democratic in blue. we see about 60% of the seats held by republicans and we see 38% held by democrats. that one independent it's the state of rhode island. in terms of legislatures, how important is it that the legislature is republican or democratic? who has more say? the governor house or the legislature? guest: we talk about ambiance separate code-equal branches of government. legislatures' matter. to do anything significant you have to have t